Here is the abstract.This Article explores the tradition/reform dichotomy as it exists in certain jurisdictions that, because of their unique history and nature, are particularly susceptible to the struggle between legal tradition and legal reform — mixed jurisdictions. [read post]

Joahnna Dennis at Vermont Law School has written an article challenging legal writing professors on another front: "Ensuring a Multicultural Educational Experience in Legal Education: Start with the Legal Writing Classroom". [read post]

This shift would possibly help the legal positivism movement to circumvent the black hole represented by legal globalization (and its legal pluralism), a black hole where the distinction between law and non-law (i.e. the major tenant of legal positivism and, I would dare say, of the modern Western legal culture) seems to vanish, putting the very existence and legitimacy of the legal phenomenon under question.In order to fulfill this task, this… [read post]